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Patrick Carman is the award-winning author of many books for young adults and children. He grew up in Salem, Oregon, and graduated from Willamette University. His birthday is February 27th, 1966. He spent a decade living in Portland, where he worked in advertising, game design, and technology.

Patrick Carman has been a life long writer and storyteller. He writes books for young adults and children for Scholastic and Little Brown Books For Young Readers. His bestselling series work includes The Land of Elyon, Atherton, Elliot’s Park, 39 Clues, and Skeleton Creek. Mr. Carman’s books have been translated into approximately two dozen languages.

Mr. Carman spends his free time supporting literacy campaigns and community organizations, fly fishing, playing basketball and tennis, doing crosswords, watching movies, dabbling in video games, reading (lots), and (more than anything else) spending time with his wife and two daughters.

For more information about the author, please visit the frequently asked questions section of this site.

Organizations Patrick Carman supports:

• www.wallawallakidsread.com
• Patrick Carman’s Annual author festival, serving thousands of kids every spring
• www.agros.org
• Land, Hope, Life.
• www.one.org
• Join the fight against extreme poverty

72 Comments

1. fluffypants says:

   January 26, 2012 at 10:39 am

   I love the skeleton creek series. U rock.

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2. katie says:

   January 25, 2012 at 2:54 pm

   i love your book 13 days till midnight…have to use it as a book project..im still reading it but it is really good…..BIG FAN

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3. tyler says:

   January 24, 2012 at 11:19 am

   you make my favorite book

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4. Hannah Stewart says:

   January 24, 2012 at 6:49 am

   I love your book Skeleton Creek. I think i might read all of them. Patrick Carman whitch is you, you are awesome. Keep it up!

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5. patrick carman says:

   January 6, 2012 at 12:11 pm

   i love all of my books and i hope to write a fifth skelliton creek book i will be call (the poop)

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6. thomas says:

   January 6, 2012 at 12:07 pm

   i like your book,i hant read it yet but it looks like a really good,i wanna see more

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7. Callan P. says:

   January 4, 2012 at 4:10 pm

   I’m doing a project at school about a author and and i chose you because i love your skeleton creek books. i have read all 4 of them. i really like the ending on the 4th book. are you writing a 5th book to skeleton creek? i would like to know.

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8. haris16 says:

   November 30, 2011 at 4:28 pm

   I finally read the raven and it was great but i think it’s possible for there to be another book after the raven. But my favorite one was the crossbones.

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9. Brittney says:

   November 22, 2011 at 9:12 am

   Honestly, you could get it at a local bookstore. Especially if you order it. I do that when ever I know a book i want is coming out. I know that they won’t have it till I order it.
   Brittney The Awesome

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10. haris16 says:

    November 20, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    hi Patrick carman. I really love your books especially skeleton creek. But i still need to read the last one, The raven. Do u know where i could get The raven?

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11. Lucas says:

    November 17, 2011 at 6:09 am

    I love your book skeleton creek. but what was the one thing that inspired you to write skeleton creek. My class is doing a project and i picked you because you are a good writer.Please send back a message soon.

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12. George Not going to tell my name says:

    November 14, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    Your Trackers Book is Amazing and I Love It!!!!!!

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13. Chris says:

    October 31, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    I really liked trackers. is there going to be another trackers book?

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14. Kalynne F. says:

    October 25, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Hello, I’m Kalynne F. I love your books and I chose you for my author study. I’m a HUGE fan and I love that you write for kids my age. Please give me some information! Write back! Love your books!

    ~Kalynne F.:)

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15. brianna says:

    October 16, 2011 at 10:04 am

    hello, i have met you befor remember a school in pasco county florida we read your first 2 books and the end of the school year and some of us skyped with you(including me) and i am fascinated with your books and i just finished skeleton creek the raven litarly 5 minutes ago and pleases awnser back are you making another book of skeleton creek because to me sounds like its not over. henry a.k.a old joe busch dies so did the apostle with the videos and then at the second to last video fitz says hes the raven sarahs the apostle and ryans the ghost theres got to be more

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16. margaret says:

    September 27, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    you are a very amazing writer.

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